[Released] DriverGrabber 2.0 - One Click Driver Backup (Works In PE Disks too!)

[ProfessorCPU]

OK... you asked for it.... so here it is!!!

DriverGrabber 2.0 Beta 5

This is a One Click Driver Backup Solution.

Very simple to use...
Run the "DriverGrabber 2.0.exe" and watch it Grab all of the drivers from your system and place them into a "Drivers" folder!

It now even grabs drivers that are no longer in use... For instance... a Printer Driver that is no longer physically connected to your system while you perform a backup.

Also... you can now use DriverGrabber on a Windows PE disk like LiveXP! It auto detects if it is being executed in a PE environment... it will attempt to auto detect the Windows Drive you wish to backup as well.


Download:
DriverGrabber 2.0

Beta 5:
Fixed - A few bugs in the code causing DriverGrabber to fail finding the correct path to grab some driver files.
Changed - DriverSearch is now set to Off by default. If anyone has issues with backups I suggest they try to turn DriveSearch on and then post their log on the forum so I can make sure their drivers are properly backed up in a future release of DriverGrabber. We are still in Beta... and I'd like to have DriverGrabber functioning as well as I can without the need for DriveSearch.

Please test this version of DriverGrabber out and report back any issues. When reporting issues please try to post your DriverGrabber.log file to help narrow down a problem. If you get a "Not Found!" error on a specific file that can not be grabbed... please run a search on your entire system to verify the file even exists anywhere on your computer.

 

[ProfessorCPU]

Updated. Beta 2 is online!

 

[ProfessorCPU]

Beta 3 is online.

Beta 3:

Fixed - Issue creating folder for DriverNames with characters that are not usable in a directory name. Like /\* and so on. Now invalid characters are deleted.

 

[ProfessorCPU]

Beta 4 online!
Very good new options implemented.

 

[300DDR]

Wow! Thanks for posting this Professor -- I'm going to try it out tomorrow or as soon as I can.

 

[ProfessorCPU]

Wow! Thanks for posting this Professor -- I'm going to try it out tomorrow or as soon as I can.

Looking forward to hearing how well it works for you!

I hope to hear others experiance with it as well!!

 

[300DDR]

As far as I can tell, it worked perfectly. I did it before uninstalling all my USB drives as suggested in this thread: http://www.technibble.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38384

One note: I have the start menu on the top of the screen. Since your program sticks to the top of the screen, the very top part was cut off and I couldn't move it down. Very minor issue, but may want to default the program to the middle of the screen instead of the top.

Thanks again!

 

[ProfessorCPU]

Updated!
Beta 5:
Fixed - A few bugs in the code causing DriverGrabber to fail finding the correct path to grab some driver files.
Changed - DriverSearch is now set to Off by default. If anyone has issues with backups I suggest they try to turn DriveSearch on and then post their log on the forum so I can make sure their drivers are properly backed up in a future release of DriverGrabber. We are still in Beta... and I'd like to have DriverGrabber functioning as well as I can without the need for DriveSearch.

 

[ProfessorCPU]

As far as I can tell, it worked perfectly. I did it before uninstalling all my USB drives as suggested in this thread: http://www.technibble.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38384

One note: I have the start menu on the top of the screen. Since your program sticks to the top of the screen, the very top part was cut off and I couldn't move it down. Very minor issue, but may want to default the program to the middle of the screen instead of the top.

Thanks again!

Beta 6 will have the center window as requested.

 

[MobileGeeks]

THis is really good!!

How do I backup drivers that are on a different drive?

i.e Customers corrupt drive plugged into our service computer.

 

[ProfessorCPU]

THis is really good!!

How do I backup drivers that are on a different drive?

i.e Customers corrupt drive plugged into our service computer.

That feature hasn't been implemented yet. But it may be added to Beta 6.

As of now you would need to boot into a PE disk to do it.

 

[crashtech]

The tool worked well for me, thanks! It would be very handy to be able to select an offline Windows installation without needing to boot to a PE disk, allow me to to second the suggestion!

 

[ProfessorCPU]

Beta 6 is online now as well!

I will also be releasing my Data Backup utility (With Drivers backup) soon as well. Just a few more changes and it will be ready for a public release.

It's a great Utility for backing up needed Data from a computer before reinstalling the system and works in both a live system and a Preinstallation Environment like BartPE or LiveXP.

 

[ProfessorCPU]

Beta 7 Online. Fixed a couple minor bugs in Beta 6.

 

[papuchazo]

Working a treat, nice job. I'm keeping my eye on this.

 

[Rosco]

this is my new driver backup utility... thanks for the share and making it(i think?)

 

[Xander]

Between the @Home and @Browse options, is there another one for @Root (e.g. @root\Drivers) to save it to the root of the drive on which the program is running.

 

[ProfessorCPU]

Between the @Home and @Browse options, is there another one for @Root (e.g. @root\Drivers) to save it to the root of the drive on which the program is running.

Right now you could just specify the path and it would cause drivergrabber to create a folder in the pathe where you ar running DriverGrabber.

But I can definatly see the need for a @root. I will easily be able to add this option in an upcomming release.

Thanks for the request!

 

[Xander]

To specify the path then, will it parse it like other programs do? "....\drivers"?

Eventually, I would look into saving it alongside D7's "@root\ClientData\" folder. I don't usually need to use drivers but it certainly couldn't hurt to have the old ones saved next to the client's info (and for easier deletion when it's no longer needed).

 

[ProfessorCPU]

To specify the path then, will it parse it like other programs do? "....\drivers"?

Eventually, I would look into saving it alongside D7's "@root\ClientData\" folder. I don't usually need to use drivers but it certainly couldn't hurt to have the old ones saved next to the client's info (and for easier deletion when it's no longer needed).

@HomeDrive will save onto the root of the SystemDrive.
You can look inside DriverGrabber.ini for examples.